GUELPH, Ont. – Premier Dalton McGuinty says the Liberal Party of Ontario will not contribute to the $190-million bill for his campaign decision to scrap a gas power plant in Mississauga.
McGuinty says it was his decision as Liberal leader to cancel the generating station just days before the election, even though construction on the project was well underway.
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However, he says voters understand that when politicians make campaign promises it will be the taxpayers who foot the bill if that party is elected to government.
McGuinty also says there was genuine confusion when the government first said the cost of relocating the Mississauga plant was $180 million.
It turns out there was another $10 million given to the developer of the project to convince them to halt construction.
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